Bezelling a marquise?

[Niel]

Cute! The little hearts aren’t really for me though.

Ugh. I’m literally sitting outside waiting for the usps guy. I hate waiting! I’m sitting outside cause sometimes he doesn’t bother to ring the doorbell to see if I’m in. That always makes me so mad

Lol yes .... the hearts.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Lol yes .... the hearts.

Also for some reason those types or graduated/scalloped halos remind me of Tudor ruffles...

 

[MakingTheGrade]

@pearaffair
She’s here! All my stalking by the stairs paid off

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Honestly I kind of like it with a bezel.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Some pics in the same shaded light with and without bezel.

 

[Niel]

Loooovd how it clearly amps up the color

 

[Niel]

Some pics in the same shaded light with and without bezel.

My concern is, as you can see in these pics, she look a brighter with the pics without the paper bezel

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Honestly it’s very well cut and it doesn’t seem like it’s dark in the bezel at all. It still scintillates fine. And any decrement in brightness I think just gets interpreted as a deeper color

 

[princessandthepear]

How exciting! It is a gorgeous marquise. I am looking forward to seeing how you decide to set it. These boards need more photos of marquise diamonds!

 

[diamondlove123]

This is what I did with my marquise

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Ok. Bunch of pics upcoming. All outdoors.

First a full foil bezel

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Colette style bezel

 

[MakingTheGrade]

No bezel
And shown ew

 

[pearaffair]

@pearaffair
She’s here! All my stalking by the stairs paid off

OMG YAAAAAAY!!! Wow Hazel looks INCREDIBLE on your hand! And the gold foil bezel really brings out the yellow colour!! I can’t wait to see how all of this turns out! So glad Hazel will be worn

I’ll settle for my BGD 0.52ct superideal D SI1

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Here’s my attempt to make a metal “halo” with prongs

 

[Niel]

So are you thinking bezel? Which orientation?

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Hazel is clearly meant to be in yellow
Gold though.

Right now I’m still leaning towards the ew Colette style Niel posted but with reversed colors.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

My jeweler is on vacation for two week but I’m going to bug her when she returns

 

[lovedogs]

I LOVE it! I think collette style bezel in E/W would be amazing.

 

[Niel]

Hazel is clearly meant to be in yellow
Gold though.

Right now I’m still leaning towards the ew Colette style Niel posted but with reversed colors.

Yaaassss

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Yaaassss

Lol. The charm is 24 k which I think is maybe too soft for the ring. So probably 18k?

 

[MakingTheGrade]

This is what I did with my marquise

Totally missed this In my photo posting frenzy. How do you like the EW orientation over time? Any hand shots by chance?

 

[Niel]

Lol. The charm is 24 k which I think is maybe too soft for the ring. So probably 18k?

Yes No lower than 18k

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Yes No lower than 18k

Yeah if one of the prongs bent from the metal being too soft and the diamond fell out I’d lose my mind.

 

[Niel]

Yeah if one of the prongs bent from the metal being too soft and the diamond fell out I’d lose my mind.

Agreed! Though she’ll probaby have what,6?8 prongs?

 

[the_mother_thing]

@MakingTheGrade Congrats She is a beaut!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Agreed! Though she’ll probaby have what,6?8 prongs?

I’ll chat with my jeweler but leaning towards 8

 

[MakingTheGrade]

@MakingTheGrade Congrats She is a beaut!

Thanks. Hazel really is stunning. Wouldn’t expect any less from something from Niels collection. :p

 

[Niel]

Yaaas all the prongs

 

[diamondlove123]

Totally missed this In my photo posting frenzy. How do you like the EW orientation over time? Any hand shots by chance?

I’ll get you a hand shot soon as I am traveling without the ring. I love the presence, I think the orientation makes it look bigger. One think you need to consider is if the stone is large (and long) and if it sets low, the ends may touch and irritate your other fingers by poking them.